The release — which announced the hiring of three assistant coaches and a team scout — also said advance scout Kamran Sufi and video coordinator Raman Sposato would not be retained.

Brendan Malone, Bob Beyer and Charles Klask will serve as assistants and Adam Glessner was named team scout. The Free Press has previously reported the hirings of Malone, Beyer and Klask.

"I'm pleased to welcome Brendan Malone, Bob Beyer, Charles Klask and Adam Glessner to the Detroit Pistons organization," Pistons president and head coach Stan Van Gundy said in the released statement. "These gentlemen bring NBA experience and a wealth of basketball knowledge to our staff and they also understand the system and style of basketball we want to implement going forward."

John Loyer, who served as interim coach when Maurice Cheeks was fired, is still part of the organization and is listed as an assistant coach.

But the focus is on Wallace, who is beloved by fans because of his role on the 2004 NBA championship team and six straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals.

He retired from the Celtics after the 2009-10 season, then again after a stint with the Knicks last year, and joined the Pistons staff at the behest of first-year coach Cheeks, who coached Wallace in Portland.

He developed a good working relationship with young big men Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.

Vince Ellis also writes for the Detroit Free Press

PHOTOS: 2014 NBA offseason coaching carousel

Byron Scott was hired by the Lakers after being fired a year ago by the Cavaliers. Scott, a great player for the Lakers in the 1980s and 1990s, has a 416-521 career record with three teams (Cleveland, New Orleans and New Jersey). (Photo: Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports)

The Cavaliers hired David Blatt, a veteran European coach with no NBA experience. Blatt last coached Maccabi Tel Aviv but also has coached the Russian national team and other teams in Israel, Russia, Greece, Italy and Turkey. (Photo: Guiseppe Cacace, AFP/Getty Images)

Flip Saunders already was the Timberwolves' president of basketball operations, but after not landing the head coach he wanted, he'll take that job, too. Saunders has a 638-526 career record. (Photo: Richard Sennott, AP)

Steve Kerr will get his first coaching experience with the Warriors, who hired him to replace Mark Jackson. Kerr was general manager of the Suns from 2007 through 2010. (Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sport)

Mike Woodson was fired by new Knicks president Phil Jackson despite a 109-79 record in 2½ seasons in New York. Woodson is 315-365 in 8½ seasons as a head coach. (Photo: Joe Camporeale, USA TODAY Sports)

John Loyer may still have a job with the Pistons, but the interim head coach tag is no longer his. Loyer went 8-24 after taking over for Maurice Cheeks but will be replaced by Stan Van Gundy. (Photo: Tim Fuller, USA TODAY Sports)